Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning wheel, or vortex, and it refers to each of
the seven energy centers of which our consciousness, our energy system, is composed.

These chakras, or energy centers, function as pumps or valves, regulating the
flow of energy through our energy system. The functioning of the chakras reflects
decisions we make concerning how we choose to respond to conditions in our life.
We open and close these valves when we decide what to think, and what to feel,
and through which perceptual filter we choose to experience the world around
us.

The chakras are not physical. They are aspects of consciousness
in the same way that the auras are aspects of consciousness. The chakras
are more dense than the auras, but not as dense as the physical body.
They interact with the physical body through two major vehicles, the endocrine
system and the nervous system. Each of the seven chakras is associated
with one of the seven endocrine glands, and also with a group of nerves
called a plexus. Thus, each chakra can be associated with particular parts
of the body and particular functions within the body controlled by that
plexus or that endocrine gland associated with that chakra.

All of your senses, all of your perceptions, all of your
possible states of awareness, everything it is possible for you to experience,
can be divided into seven categories. Each category can be associated
with a particular chakra. Thus, the chakras represent not only particular
parts of your physical body, but also particular parts of your consciousness.

When you feel tension in your consciousness, you feel it
in the chakra associated with that part of your consciousness experiencing
the stress, and in the parts of the physical body associated with that
chakra. Where you feel the stress depends upon why you feel the stress.
The tension in the chakra is detected by the nerves of the plexus associated
with that chakra, and transmitted to the parts of the body controlled
by that plexus. When the tension continues over a period of time, or to
a particular level of intensity, the person creates a symptom on the physical
level.

The symptom speaks a language that reflects the idea that
we each create our reality, and the metaphoric significance of the symptom
becomes apparent when the symptom is described from that point of view.
Thus, rather than saying, "I can't see," the person would describe it
as keeping themselves from seeing something. "I can't walk," means the
person has been keeping themselves from walking away from a situation
in which they are unhappy. And so on.

The symptom served to communicate to the person through their body what they
had been doing to themselves in their consciousness. When the person changes
something about their way of being, getting the message communicated by the
symptom, the symptom has no further reason for being, and it can be released,
according to whatever the person allows themselves to believe is possible.

We believe everything is possible.

We believe that anything can be healed. It's just a question of how to do it.

Understanding the chakras allows you to understand the relationship between
your consciousness and your body, and to thus see your body as a map of your
consciousness. It gives you a better understanding of yourself and those around
you.